Shadow Spy

Chapter 183 Cotton yarn and Marston pad

On the morning of Saturday, July 7, Li Junhao came to the military camp at No. 22 Haiphong Road again. Today is the day when the first batch of rotating training patrols graduates.At this time, nearly 527 of the 1400 police officers who had entered the camp to participate in rotation training had been eliminated, and now the remaining 200 people have passed the training.

The completion of the police rotation training this time was much worse than the completion of the new police training. Li Junhao just gave a simple speech to congratulate the patrol officers who passed the rotation training, and personally awarded more than [-] middle-level patrol officers with new police uniforms and new police uniforms. As for the police rank, as for the uniform changes and titles of more than a thousand other people, the instructors of the training camp were responsible for it.

Afterwards, the police officers who participated in the training were given a holiday without even having a meal. However, they also went to work the next day and did not even have Sunday off - the police officers they replaced were from the second batch of rotation training. personnel will enter the camp on Monday to participate in rotation training.

If there was enough time, of course Li Junhao would not complete the graduation ceremony in such a simple way, but now there is really no extra time! ——
At noon, Li Junhao left the military camp and hurried to Wang Baohe Restaurant to accept the banquet hosted by the owners of various Chinese textile factories in Shanghai...

Seeing his motorcade arriving, He Dongming, who was standing at the door of the restaurant, hurriedly stepped forward to greet him - his father was forced to take the lead in setting up this bureau. Who knows that now Chinese businessmen don't have enough cotton yarn to start work, and their He's Factory But can we resume work as usual?

In fact, there have been rumors in the industry that Mr. Pan Sen, the assistant military attache of the US Consulate and the new police chief of the concession, has enough cotton yarn in his hands. It depends on who can get it!And there is an example right in front of the Chinese businessmen - He's Cotton Mill!

"I'm sorry, Pan Sen, I've caused you trouble!" He Dongming whispered.

"What's going on?" Li Junhao was a little confused.

"The cotton yarn thing..." He Dongming explained softly as he led Li Junhao into the restaurant.

Li Junhao nodded, thinking that this was actually a good thing. He had plenty of cotton yarn, and he could both make money and help Chinese companies, so why not do it.Moreover, he now also needs to prepare a large amount of goods produced in Shanghai. Buying them in the system mall also requires gold coins, and exchanging them with cotton yarn is almost the same. It can also revitalize many enterprises, indirectly creating employment and tax revenue. Bigger!
If one party has huge demand and the other party has sufficient supply, the two parties will certainly have a happy negotiation...

Of course, specific business details will not be discussed on this occasion. Li Junhao only promised to have sufficient supply, so the bosses of the manufacturers were relieved. There will naturally be someone to discuss the follow-up matters - well, this person is He Dongming. Who caused his family to "provoke" this incident!

Li Junhao only stayed for an hour and left. After some discussion, the manufacturers decided to jointly establish a new Huashang Textile Industry Association, with He Fengmin, the head of He's Enterprise, as the president and He Dongming as the secretary-general of the association; The first thing after the establishment of the guild was the purchase of raw cotton yarn, and He Dongming came to take charge of this matter.
-
At [-] p.m. that day, the Jockey Club received a notice from the police: From [-] p.m. to [-] a.m. that night, the police and the U.S. Army Marine Corps would commandeer the Jockey Club Stadium for a drill and inquire about rent issues.

The manager on duty immediately contacted the board of directors, and full-time secretary Yalson replied on behalf of the board of directors: The Horse Racing Association supports the work of the Concession Police Department and does not charge rent.

At 150:15 in the evening, 200 members of the Operations Section of the Investigation Department of the Police and [-] soldiers from a squadron of the [-]th Marine Regiment arrived at the racecourse and took over and blocked it. Ministry staff and Indian security guards were asked to leave and come back at [-] am.At [-]:[-], Li Junhao led his escort team into the racecourse, selected a [-]-meter-wide and [-]-meter-long lawn at the edge of the bowling court and near the racetrack, and ordered the construction to start.

With the help of a small truck-mounted crane, a 50-person marine and land engineering team unloaded a large amount of straw mats and M8 steel plates from trucks and began to lay a temporary runway in the designated area.

Marston Mat is actually a kind of perforated steel plate (PSP), so it is often referred to as PSP plate or perforated plate. The military number is M8.

Marston pads are stamped steel plates. Each piece is 3 meters long, 0.38 meters wide, and weighs 30 kilograms. There are two transverse grooves dividing each plate into three sections. There are a total of 87 holes punched on it, and there are buckles on the front and rear. It is used for splicing between boards and is specially used to quickly build temporary airports and landing sites.

Marston mat is simple and practical. It can be placed directly on any paved or unpaved ground to quickly build a runway for aircraft to land. It is especially suitable for small sites and has excellent applicability.

Marston mats are named after the town of Marston, North Carolina, where they were first produced.The Carnegie Illinois Steel Company, a contractor for the U.S. Army, first designed this building material to build a temporary landing site next to the highway company. Unexpectedly, it became one of the most important inventions of the United States in World War II.

The Fourth Marine and Land Regiment stationed in Shanghai received 636 tons (21200 pieces) of M8 steel plates shipped from China at the beginning of the year, which was enough to lay a 1000-meter-long and 24-meter-wide wartime runway, but it has not been officially used.That's why Li Junhao organized a practical drill to avoid being in a hurry when he needed to use it.

The temporary runway, which is 200 meters long and 15 meters wide, requires 2635 M8 steel plates and weighs 79 tons. In addition to the straw mats that need to be laid, it took 20 five-ton trucks to transport it to the site!

In order not to damage the sports lawn, the truck just drove to the racetrack, unloaded it with two small cranes, and the Marines transported it into the venue on a flatbed truck with wide tires!
The installation of the temporary runway went smoother than expected and took only two hours to complete. After inspection, the engineers thought it was very good and even drove the truck up to try it out. It was flat enough!

Li Junhao is very satisfied. This thing is quite convenient to use, but it requires a lot of manpower to install and disassemble it. It is not good to bother the sea and land team members all the time!

The test was a complete success. It was almost time to dismantle it again.Because the engineers were already familiar with M8 steel plates, the dismantling process was much faster. It only took more than an hour to complete, and it was not yet four o'clock in the morning.Li Junhao wrote down these two times and knew them well.

Because tonight was the first test, he did not take out the plane. Fortunately, the scheduled transaction time was in early August, so he still had enough time to prepare and test, so he didn't need to be too anxious.

(End of this chapter)